The Grammy award winning mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato leads a magnificent cast as Sister Helen Prejean in a concert of the UK premiere of Jake Heggie's opera exploring the US justice system and capital punishment. Written in 2000 to a libretto by Terrence McNally, Dead Man Walking is based on the real-life story of Sister Helen Prejean, a nun who became one of America's leading advocates for the abolition of the death penalty. The opera centres on the relationship that developed between a convicted murderer awaiting execution, Joseph De Rocher, and the nun who fights for clemency. Mark Wigglesworth returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra to conduct.

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Dead Man Walking starring Joyce DiDonatoevent > Concerts > ClassicalPRICING£30, £40, £55DATESTuesday 20th February 2018VENUEBarbican HallThe Grammy award winning mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato leads a magnificent cast as Sister Helen Prejean in a concert of the UK premiere of Jake Heggie's opera exploring the US justice system and capital punishment. Written in 2000 to a libretto by Terrence McNally, Dead Man Walking is based on the real-life story of Sister Helen Prejean, a nun who b... More about this event

The London Sinfonietta performs pieces by Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky and Henry Cowell in an exploration of Albert Einstein's 'thought experiments' on the space-time continuum. The influence of Einstein's ideas took music in ...More

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